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Smurf
11th April 2006, 04:29 AM
This is going to be a long post! Here goes..... :cool:

PART ONE
I feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my toes
Love is all around – Wet Wet Wet
I’m a million different people from one day to the next
Bitter Sweet Symphony – The Verve
Let me get over you, the way you’ve gotten over me too
I’m Outta Love - Anastacia
Mini skirts were in style when she danced down the aisle, back in 63
National Express – The Divine Comedy
Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow
Brimful of Asha - CornerShop
Is it because I lied when I was seventeen?
Why does it always rain on me - Travis
Baby, how can we make love, if we can’t make amends?
How can we be lovers – Michael Bolton
And you know it ain’t fiction, just a natural fact
Opposites attract – Paula Abdul
I’m your hell, I’m your dream, I’m nothing in between
Bitch – Meredith Brooks
Don’t want to close my eyes, don’t want to fall asleep
I don’t want to miss a thing - Aerosmith
She leads a lonely life
All that she wants – Ace of Base
So when I’m lying in my bed, thoughts running through my head
Angels – Robbie Williams
Things ain’t cooking, in my kitchen
Weather with you – Crowded House
Don’t tell me it’s not worth trying for
Everything I do – Bryan Adams
And we’ll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow
Nothing Ever Happens – Del Amitri
Thought that was a good solution, hanging with the raisin girls
Cornflake Girl – Tori Amos
Touch me now, I close my eyes, and dream away
It must have been love - Roxette
So hurry up and bring your juke box money
Love Shack – B52’s
I blame you for the moonlit sky, and the dream that died, with the eagle’s flight
Sleeping Satellite – Tasmin Archer
There are hills and mountains between us, always something to get over
Get Here – Oleta Adams
You can tell your Ma, I moved to Arkansas
Achy Breaky Heart – Billy Ray Cyrus
And all the men are gargoyles, dipped long in Irish stout
Rotterdam – Beautiful South
I took her to a supermarket
Common People - Pulp
I’ve got two tickets for Iron Maiden baby
Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus
Like a whirlpool it never ends
Dizzy – Vic Reeves and the Wonder Stuff
It was a slap in the face how quickly I was replaced
You Oughta Know – Alanis Morisette
My world crumbles when you are not near
I try – Macy Gray
Oh you get me ready in your 56 Chevvy, why don’t we go sit down in the shade?
Where have all the cowboys gone? – Paula Cole

PART TWO
1. What does this sign mean?
No vehicles carrying explosives
2. In the accessories catalogue for the new MINI, how much do you think a full tartan decal for the roof costs? (Excluding fitting!)
£115
3. When was the first roadside petrol pump set up? (Just for interest, this was in Shrewsbury)
1913
4. When was the Highway Code first issued by the UK Government?
1931
5. When were three colour automatic traffic lights first used in Britain? (In Wolverhampton)
1928
6. When did the DVLA in Swansea open?
1974
7. What was special about the 1915 Morris Cowley?
It was the first British Car to be fitted with a dipstick
8. What is the thinking distance, and braking distance, and therefore total stopping distance, in metres, for a car travelling at 50mph?
15m + 38m = 53m
9. What became compulsory on cars in Great Britain on 1st January 1932?
Rear view mirrors
10. What does MG stand for?
Morris Garages
11. What was so special about the 1974 Monte Carlo Rally?
There wasn’t one because of the fuel crisis
12. In the name ADO15, what does ADO stand for?
Austin Drawing Office

PART THREE
1. What or who was St Patrick believed to have expelled from Ireland?
B Snakes
2. If you suffered from androphobia, what would you be afraid of?
A Men
3. What does the Statue of Liberty hold in her right hand?
B A torch
4. Who founded the Volkswagen company in 1937?
B Germany’s Nazi Government
5. What would a Scot do with an ashet?
B Put food in it
6. What is St Matthew the patron saint of?
B Tax officials
7. What is a cor anglais?
B A woodwind instrument
8. Which of these parts of the United Kingdom is NOT a part of Britain?
A Nort

Crombers
11th April 2006, 05:53 AM
Jings you must ave sore wee fingers after typin all that

(feelin really guilty now havin not participated in yer quiz & seein how much work you guys put into this). Just too busy enjoyin your run in ma MINI & Dougal :p:approve:;)

lightbody
11th April 2006, 09:32 PM
yay! Team Dennis came 3rd overall :)

Burple
11th April 2006, 10:21 PM
Are all those sons of the same cd?? ;);):D:p:p
I'm playing my own cheesy compilation ad (aimed at women of course ;)in my head :p:p:p:D:D

Hope there's nowt off of any of Archie's CD's in there :p:p

Good job girl! We got a few of the obscure ones, but the well known ones? well... pop music ain't my thing! :D:D

Well done H and Marc, a stunning victory in the Music part!

:D